Legal
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MS Center For Justice
Mississippi Center for Justice is a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial and economic justice.Supported and staffed by attorneys and other professionals, the Center develops and pursues strategies to combat discrimination and poverty statewide.Mississippi Center for Justice was organized to address the urgent need to re-establish in-state advocacy on behalf of low-income people and communities of color. Since its beginnings, the Center has advanced social and economic justice in Mississippi by: -
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to reform juvenile justice and education in Mississippi. The organization seeks reform through public education, community organizing, litigation, legislative advocacy, training and technical assistance. -
Mission First
Mission First provides an opportunity for you to share the love of Christ by helping people with their unmet needs. You can provide medical and dental services to those that can't afforded them, after school mentoring to children whose parents are unable to help, sports programs to children who don't have other opportunities to participate and transform blighted communities so people can once again feel safe in their neighborhoods. Mission First was started in 1999 as a ministry of First Baptist Jackson. Seeing the extreme need for transformation of a community through the power of Jesus the blighted Rosedown Apartments were turned into a community center housing a medical and dental clinic, legal aid office, educational facility and gym. -
ACLU of Mississippi
The American Civil Liberties Union is freedom's watchdog, working daily in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend individual rights and personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The ACLU was founded in 1920. -
North Mississippi Rural Legal Services
North Mississippi Rural Legal Services (NMRLS) was established as a training program for law students at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) School of Law.Originally called Lafayette County Legal Aid, NMRLS was considered by its organizers as a combination legal services and teaching program.However, NMRLS soon gained statewide attention for its litigation amid the Civil Rights era that impacted hundreds of thousands of people and places across the state.The impact is still felt today— 50 YEARS LATER. -
The United States Department of Justice-Elder Justice Initiative
The Common Law Is The Will Of Mankind Issuing from the Life of the People
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Back Bay Mission
Back Bay Mission is in a unique position to help the people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Through the United Church of Christ, we draw on a national network of supporters who are invested in serving the people of the Gulf Coast. Our Christian values are the basis for a loving, respectful approach to serving the poor and marginalized. As a ministry that has served on the Gulf Coast for more than ninety years, we have a proven approach to service. -
Schwartz and Associates Law Firm
Accidents typically happen when you least expect them. Even the most careful of individuals cannot fully prepare for an unexpected accident, nor the stressful consequences that follow. Car and truck accidents, birth injuries, and other accidents often leave costly medical bills. This can also cause lost wages and temporary or permanent disability, causing you undue stress and making recovery that much more difficult. -
National Disability Rights Network
NDRN is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and Client Assistance Programs (CAP). Collectively, the P&A/CAP network is the largest provider of legally based advocacy services to people with disabilities in the United States. -
Magnolia Bar Association
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District Ombudsman – Central Mississippi
Copiah, Hinds and Yazoo Counties -
Mississippi Society for Disabilities
Offers a variety of programs, resources and information for persons with disabilities. MSD has served thousands of Mississippi children and adults living with disabilities since 1959. We are a 501 (c) 3 statewide non-profit organization and a registered charity with the Mississippi Secretary of State. To support our unique programs and services, we depend on funding from donations from individuals and corporations, grants from foundations, and proceeds from special fund raising events. -
Chamber of Commerce in Walthall County
A local association to promote and protect the interests of the business community in a particular place as well as serve community interests and provide community information.
